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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

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  • Roderick usher enjoyed riding horses with the narrator -True -False
    -False (he painted, read or played music)
  • Usher and his friend buried Madeline in a cemetery. -True -False
    -False (they put her coffin in the vault below the house)
  • The Black Cat's narrator was terrified when he first saw the second cat. -True -False
    -False (He liked it and brought it home)
  • What did Prince Prospero feel when he saw the uninvited guest? -Fear -Sadness -Anger -Happiness
    -Anger
  • There were eight rooms in Prince Prospero's castle. -True -False
    -False (there were seven rooms)
  • Which of these stories ends with the police discovering a crime? -William Wilson -The Fall of the House of Usher -The Black Cat -The Masque of the Red Death
    -The Black Cat
  • How long did it take The Tell-Tale Heart's narrator to put his head through the door? -60 seconds -60 minutes -Half an hour -15 seconds
    -60 minutes
  • Where does William Wilson finally confront his double? -Paris -Prague -Rome -Berlin
    -Rome
  • What made The Black Cat's narrator turn evil? -Madness -A disease -A curse -Alcoholism
    -Alcoholism
  • What were the Usher siblings' names? -Harold and Lois -Roderick and Madeline -Vernon and Petunia -Homer and Marjorie
    -Roderick and Madeline
  • How does the second cat reveal the narrator's crime? -He makes noise -He appears in front of the police -He comes out of a room -He makes a mark on the bedroom wall
    -He makes noise
  • What animal did the old man's eye remind the narrator of? -A raven -A cat -A vulture -A lizard
    -A vulture
  • Nobody survives the Red Death's attack -True -False
    -True
  • There is a raven in one of the stories -True -False
    -False (Poe would write about a raven in another story)
  • Which of these characters survives in his/her story? -The Narrator's wife (Black Cat) -Usher's sister -The Tell-Tale Heart's narrator -Prince Prospero
    -The Tell-Tale Heart's narrator
  • What shape was the white mark on the second cat's chest? -An axe -An alcohol bottle -Gallows -A cat's outline
    -Gallows
  • At least 1 of these stories has a happy ending. -True -False
    -False
  • In which of the stories is the protagonist NOT evil? -The Tell-Tale Heart -The Fall of the House of Usher -The Black Cat -William Wilson
    -The Fall of the House of Usher
  • How many friends did Prince Prospero invite to his castle? -Ten families -A thousand -A hundred -Two hundred
    -A thousand
  • Which of these gothic elements does not appear in any story? -Madness -Supernatural Creatures -Intense Emotions -Gothic Devices
    -Gothic Devices
  • Which of these characters is not supernatural or mysterious in any way? -Usher's friend -Pluto -The Red Death -William Wilson
    -Usher's friend
  • None of the characters in the book is possessed by a ghost. -True -False
    True